On April 4th, the First Circuit will hear oral argument on the appeals of Joel Tenenbaum, the Recording Industry Association of America, and the U.S. Department of Justice. All three parties appealed after the trial judge reduced a $675,000 jury verdict for sharing 30 songs down to $67,500. The only issues remaining on appeal regard [...]
Student Cleared to Defend Tenenbaum at Appeals Argument Over Filesharing (Press Release)
Last week, the First Circuit Court of Appeals approved a motion that will allow a student member of Joel Tenenbaum’s defense team to make oral argument on his behalf. Tenenbaum is a graduate student at Boston University who was sued in 2007 for sharing [...]
Posted by Joel Tenenbaum
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Hi all,
You may have noticed that I’m not a terriblJy diligent blogger these days. While Cara Duckworth and the RIAA might put in full-time hours on publicity,* all I seem to manage is a few posts a month and interviews where I often seem like I could have said things better. The [...]
Posted by Joel Tenenbaum
Over the years, my position has been misconstrued to be against a great number of things: intellectual property, artist rights, paid-for music, artists being paid, or even capitalism itself.
Let me clarify: I am against none of these things.
What I am against is the massive litigation campaign the RIAA has pursued against individuals [...]
Posted by Debbie Rosenbaum
As HLS students graduate, we continue to build new teams to help us defend Joel in both the court of law as well as the court of public opinion. Although Joel, Debbie, and Professor Nesson remain central to Joel’s core team, we are pleased to offer the opportunity to work on such [...]
Just a note:
In light of comments made and the potential for confusion, JFB would like to clarify its stance on what we post.
We hope that joelfightsback.com will become an active medium for discussion about the music industry, copyright law, as well as Joel’s case. We believe that letting that discussion happen, even when people disagree, [...]
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FAQs: what did you do, why so much, and what now?
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Frequently asked questions.
Q: What did you do with 30 songs that got you nailed?
A: I downloaded them and shared them on Kazaa. They also proved in court (because I admitted it) that I used Limewire, iMesh, Morpheus, Napster, and Audiogalaxy, [...]
(… just some of the highlights from today. this post does not purport to be all-inclusive or of the highest unbiased journalistic quality.)
As the jurors entered the room to kick off the second day of trial just a few minutes after 9am this morning, one knocked something over in the process of sitting down. Judge [...]
Over the last few days, we’ve received dozens — if not hundreds — of letters and notes of support (and some not!). We’d like to take a moment and give you all credit and thanks. Below are just a few of the e-mails we received today.
Today, we also raised more money than we have ever [...]
posted by professor nesson
june 29, we go this morning before judge gertner with all discovery issues on the table. the questions we ask define what we consider to be relevant. the answers to the question of whether we are entitled to ask the questions we ask are statements by the law which [...]